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THE TWIG
OCTOBER 25, 1973
PBS spotlights veteran directors
“The Men Who Made the
Movies,” an informal history
oi the American film industry
through talks with eight
veteran motion picture
directors, will premiere
Sunday Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. on
Channel 4. A production of
WNET-New York, the eight
part series will be transmitted
nationally by the Public
Broadcasting Sservice.
Frank Capra, George
Cukor, Alfred Hitchcock,
Vincente Minnelli, Howard
Hawks, King Vidor, Raoul
Walsh and William Wellmar.
will each be featured in a one-
hour semi-autobiographical
program, discussing their
prolific careers which cover
50 years of filmmaking. The
programs will be
supplemented by film footage
from each director’s most
characteristic work, and
directed by noted film
authority and Time magazine
critic Richard Schickel.
The shows will explore the
diversified achievements of
the director pioneers,
exemplifying the development
of the American film industry,
which has influenced motion
picture making throughout
the world.
Starting out during the
silent cinema “flicker” era,
Raoul Walsh began making
movies in 1912; and today,
Vincente Minnelli, George
Cukor and Alfred Hitchcock
are actively working in the
business. Except for British-
born Hitchcock (whose work,
however, is primarily
American-made), the
directors are indigenous
Americans, and they range in
age from 61 to 81 years.
The eight movie giants
and some of the most popular
films are:
-Howard Hawks, 77,
noted for his suspenseful
Humphrey Bogart
melodramas, “To Have and
Have Not” (1944) and “The
Big Sleep” (1946); as well as
such westerns as “Red River”
(1948) and “El Dorado’’
(1967); and his wacky
comedies, such as “Bringing
up Baby” (1938) and “Monkey
Business” (1952).
-Alfred Hitchcock, 74,
world-renowned for such
suspense films as “North by
Northwest”(1959), “Psycho”
(1960) and his latest success
“Frenzy” (1972).
-Frank Capra, 76, famous
for his warm sentimentality
and good-natured humor, as
exemplified in “It Happened
One Night” (1934), “You Can’t
Take It With You” (1938) and
“Arsenic and Old Lace’’
(1944).
-George Cukor, 74,
regarded as a true
“Gentleman” of the cinema,
who has translated many
stage-plays to film with
remarkable success,
including “My Fair Lady
(1964), “Born Yesterday”
(1950), “The Women” (1939),
“Camille” (1937), and is also
responsible for this year’s
“Travels With My Aunt,”
-Vincente Minnelli, 61,
equally meritorious for such
musicals as “Gigi” (1958),
and “On a Clear Day You Can
See Forever” (1970) as well as
the dramas “Some Came
Running” (1959) and “Lust for
Life” (1956).
-King Vidor, 77,
acclaimed for his depiction of
manduring economic strife or
war, as in the films’ “Our
Daily Bread” (1934), “The
Big Parade” (1925) and “War
and Peace” (1956).
-Raoul Walsh, 81, knownjfor
his rugged adventurism as
axemplified in such films as
“They Died With Their Boots
On” (1941), and “The Naked
and The Dead” (1958).
William Wellman, 77,
also known for his depiction
of adventure and excitement
as in “The Story of G.I. Joe”
(1945), “The High and The
Mighty” (1954) and “Blood
Alley” (1955).
Richard Schickel, who
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Glamour Magazine poll finds clothing norms
This past spring Glamour
Magazine took a cross
country poll of five hundred
girls in random colleges, large
and small, rural and urban to
find out just how many items
they had of everything from
jeans to long evening dresses.
What we learned they owned
is likely to come as a surprise
to anyone who thinks blue
jeans have some kind of
monopoly on campus.
IN CLASSES:
One student tallies it up
precisely when she says,
“Anything goes - from jeans
to long skirts.” Jeans, by far.
lead as being the most
popular, with all types of tops -
- tailored shirts, knit tops,
sweaters, sweaters layered
over shirts, turtlenecks, body
suits, smocks, T-shirts, shrink
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— The numbers in the sketch represent the college girl 1973’s
yearly supply of clothes and accessories for all seasons. There are
a lot of variables that go into putting together a really workable
college wardrobe - such as the
campus, your own taste and
statistics which might be used
size, location and style of your
activities. These are average
as a guide.
tops, work shirts. Other
toppings are blazers, battle
and various shaped jackets.
But right next to jeans are
skirts, dresses (“sporty”),
pantsuits, “nice pants” (wool
and knit), “baggies” and
cords.
On the feet: clogs, loafers
and boots head the list
followed by platform soles,
heeled shoes of all kinds (high,
chunky) tennis shoes, sandals,
saddle shoes, crepe soles - all
of them chiefly in leather and
suede. Brand names dropped
“Loafers,’’ “Waffle
Stampers,’’ “Charlie
Browns,’’ “Weejuns,”
“Buster Browns,” and “Fred
Braums.”
Apparently jewelry is
sometimes as much in
evidence jn class as on dates -
watches, rings, bracelets,
earrings, necklaces. Also
scarves, handbags, totes.
ON INFORMAL DATES:
Most girls say that what
they wear to classes they wear
on informal dates, too, with
jeans and the same --tops
mentioned before leading
again, followed by all the
other in-class items. The only
additions are an occasional
dressy short dress, a long but
not dressy dress, velveteen
pants with a blazer. The
informal dating situation has
become a more relazed
extension of co-ed integration
where men and women live
side-by-side, easily, without a
lot of role interference
between them.
ON FORMAL DATES:
For proms and big or very
special parties, the long dress
or “Formal” is most popular;
halter-necked and backless
are the shapes singled out,
while fabrics are crepe, velvet
or chiffon. Second in line are
long shirts with dressed shirts
or blouses. Many girls
mention that they
occasionally wear short
“dressy” or “Sunday”
dresses, midi dresses, midi
palazzo pant outfits or
velveteen pants with blazers
or matching jackets.
Shoes again have
enormous range: sandals with
heels and platforms;
“matching shoes,” matched
that is to the color of the
formats, in satin or peau de
soie; silver evening shoes;
clogs; patent and suede
heeled shoes.
IN BED:
Long nightgowns are way
ahead of anything else, and in
second place, pajamas. What
follows is a mixed bag,
including men’s old shirts
(father’s or boyfriend’s),
baby doll p.j.’s, T-shirts (long
and short), short nightgowns,
pajama tops, underpants, and
“au naturel.”